The much awaited data from the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) of Dronier of Coast Guard aircraft, which crashed into the Bay of Bengal killing three officers on board on June 8, has come from the original equipment manufacturer in the United States.
The Board of Inquiry (BOI) probing the circumstances that led to the incident has taken possession of it. The data is expected to throw light on the final moments of the ill-fated aircraft.
The data was received few days back by the BOI, which is presently coordinating with the Engines Division of the Bengaluru-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for an engine strip analysis, sources said.
The data from the FDR is expected to throw to light on what went wrong during the last few minutes of CG 791 and the cause of the crash. The data is also crucial, since it would have an implication for the safety record of Dornier Do-228 aircraft.
The Coast Guard surveillance aircraft CG 791, which was on its regular mission, went missing with three officers on board off the Cuddalore coast at 9.21 pm.
Following a massive search operation involving multiple agencies, human remains, mostly bones and some parts of the aircraft, including the Flight Data Recorder (FDR), were found from the bottom of the sea more than a month later.
As the FDR was damaged, it was sent to the original equipment manufacturer in the U S for retrieval of data.
The Forensic Sciences Department of the Tamil Nadu Police had conducted a DNA test and reported that the human remains recovered from the bottom of the sea were that of the three officers – Deputy Commandants Vidyasagar, Subash Suresh and Manoj Kumar Soni.
The damaged device was sent to U.S. for recovery of information
